diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5fe67eb6..f7f3a550 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,8 +12,20 @@ The minor version will be incremented upon a breaking change and the patch versi
 
 ### Features
 
+### Features
+
+- client: add `GeyserGrpcClient::subscribe_once2` ([#195](https://github.com/rpcpool/yellowstone-grpc/pull/195)).
+
+### Fixes
+
+## 2023-10-06
+
+- yellowstone-grpc-kafka-1.0.0-rc.2+solana.1.16.15
+
 ### Fixes
 
+- kafka: fix message size for gRPC client ([#195](https://github.com/rpcpool/yellowstone-grpc/pull/195)).
+
 ### Breaking
 
 ## 2023-10-05
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b71d1f95..cbbf30b7 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -4639,7 +4639,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "yellowstone-grpc-kafka"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.1+solana.1.16.15"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.2+solana.1.16.15"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "async-trait",
@@ -4663,6 +4663,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
  "vergen",
+ "yellowstone-grpc-client",
  "yellowstone-grpc-proto",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b98bb6a7..fb1065d1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ members = [
     "examples/rust", # 1.10.0+solana.1.16.15
     "yellowstone-grpc-client", # 1.11.0+solana.1.16.15
     "yellowstone-grpc-geyser", # 1.9.0+solana.1.16.15
-    "yellowstone-grpc-kafka", # 1.0.0-rc.1+solana.1.16.15
+    "yellowstone-grpc-kafka", # 1.0.0-rc.2+solana.1.16.15
     "yellowstone-grpc-proto", # 1.10.0+solana.1.16.15
 ]
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6adaa91e..ef3b3a3f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ docker-compose -f ./yellowstone-grpc-kafka/docker-kafka.yml up
 kafka_2.13-3.5.0/bin/kafka-topics.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:29092 --create --topic grpc1
 # send messages from gRPC to Kafka
 cargo run --bin grpc-kafka -- --config yellowstone-grpc-kafka/config.json --prometheus 127.0.0.1:8873 grpc2kafka
+# read messages from Kafka
+kafka_2.13-3.5.0/bin/kafka-console-consumer.sh --bootstrap-server localhost:29092 --topic grpc1
 ```
 
 ### License
diff --git a/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs b/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs
index 4517f4c3..c2e6d19e 100644
--- a/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs
+++ b/yellowstone-grpc-client/src/lib.rs
@@ -190,20 +190,27 @@ impl<F: Interceptor> GeyserGrpcClient<F> {
         blocks_meta: HashMap<String, SubscribeRequestFilterBlocksMeta>,
         commitment: Option<CommitmentLevel>,
         accounts_data_slice: Vec<SubscribeRequestAccountsDataSlice>,
+    ) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<impl Stream<Item = Result<SubscribeUpdate, Status>>> {
+        self.subscribe_once2(SubscribeRequest {
+            slots,
+            accounts,
+            transactions,
+            entry,
+            blocks,
+            blocks_meta,
+            commitment: commitment.map(|value| value as i32),
+            accounts_data_slice,
+        })
+        .await
+    }
+
+    #[allow(clippy::too_many_arguments)]
+    pub async fn subscribe_once2(
+        &mut self,
+        request: SubscribeRequest,
     ) -> GeyserGrpcClientResult<impl Stream<Item = Result<SubscribeUpdate, Status>>> {
         let (mut subscribe_tx, response) = self.subscribe().await?;
-        subscribe_tx
-            .send(SubscribeRequest {
-                slots,
-                accounts,
-                transactions,
-                entry,
-                blocks,
-                blocks_meta,
-                commitment: commitment.map(|value| value as i32),
-                accounts_data_slice,
-            })
-            .await?;
+        subscribe_tx.send(request).await?;
         Ok(response)
     }
 
diff --git a/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/Cargo.toml b/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/Cargo.toml
index d04f5b8d..c697a32b 100644
--- a/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/Cargo.toml
+++ b/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "yellowstone-grpc-kafka"
-version = "1.0.0-rc.1+solana.1.16.15"
+version = "1.0.0-rc.2+solana.1.16.15"
 authors = ["Triton One"]
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Yellowstone gRPC Kafka Producer/Dedup/Consumer"
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ tonic = { version = "0.10.2", features = ["gzip", "tls", "tls-roots"] }
 tonic-health = "0.10.2"
 tracing = "0.1.37"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.17", features = ["env-filter"] }
+yellowstone-grpc-client = { path = "../yellowstone-grpc-client" }
 yellowstone-grpc-proto = { path = "../yellowstone-grpc-proto" }
 
 [build-dependencies]
diff --git a/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/config.json b/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/config.json
index 496c0f4f..b6f62d71 100644
--- a/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/config.json
+++ b/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/config.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     },
     "grpc2kafka": {
         "endpoint": "http://127.0.0.1:10000",
-        "x_token": "",
+        "x_token": null,
         "request": {
             "slots": ["client"],
             "blocks": {
diff --git a/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/src/bin/grpc-kafka.rs b/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/src/bin/grpc-kafka.rs
index 850b1ac9..e801f59e 100644
--- a/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/src/bin/grpc-kafka.rs
+++ b/yellowstone-grpc-kafka/src/bin/grpc-kafka.rs
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ use {
     anyhow::Context,
     clap::{Parser, Subcommand},
     futures::{
-        channel::mpsc,
         future::{BoxFuture, FutureExt},
-        sink::SinkExt,
         stream::StreamExt,
     },
     rdkafka::{
@@ -14,23 +12,18 @@ use {
         producer::{FutureProducer, FutureRecord},
     },
     sha2::{Digest, Sha256},
-    std::{net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc},
+    std::{net::SocketAddr, sync::Arc, time::Duration},
     tokio::{
         signal::unix::{signal, SignalKind},
         task::JoinSet,
     },
-    tonic::{
-        codec::Streaming,
-        metadata::AsciiMetadataValue,
-        transport::{Channel, ClientTlsConfig},
-        Request, Response,
-    },
     tracing::{debug, trace, warn},
     tracing_subscriber::{
         filter::{EnvFilter, LevelFilter},
         layer::SubscriberExt,
         util::SubscriberInitExt,
     },
+    yellowstone_grpc_client::GeyserGrpcClient,
     yellowstone_grpc_kafka::{
         config::{Config, ConfigDedup, ConfigGrpc2Kafka, ConfigKafka2Grpc, GrpcRequestToProto},
         dedup::KafkaDedup,
@@ -38,7 +31,7 @@ use {
         prom,
     },
     yellowstone_grpc_proto::{
-        prelude::{geyser_client::GeyserClient, subscribe_update::UpdateOneof, SubscribeUpdate},
+        prelude::{subscribe_update::UpdateOneof, SubscribeUpdate},
         prost::Message as _,
     },
 };
@@ -218,28 +211,17 @@ impl ArgsAction {
             .create()
             .context("failed to create kafka producer")?;
 
-        // Create gRPC client
-        let mut endpoint = Channel::from_shared(config.endpoint)?;
-        if endpoint.uri().scheme_str() == Some("https") {
-            endpoint = endpoint.tls_config(ClientTlsConfig::new())?;
-        }
-        let channel = endpoint.connect().await?;
-        let x_token: Option<AsciiMetadataValue> = match config.x_token {
-            Some(x_token) => Some(x_token.try_into()?),
-            None => None,
-        };
-        let mut client = GeyserClient::with_interceptor(channel, move |mut req: Request<()>| {
-            if let Some(x_token) = x_token.clone() {
-                req.metadata_mut().insert("x-token", x_token);
-            }
-            Ok(req)
-        });
-
-        // Subscribe on Geyser events
-        let (mut subscribe_tx, subscribe_rx) = mpsc::unbounded();
-        subscribe_tx.send(config.request.to_proto()).await?;
-        let response: Response<Streaming<SubscribeUpdate>> = client.subscribe(subscribe_rx).await?;
-        let mut geyser = response.into_inner().boxed();
+        // Create gRPC client & subscribe
+        let mut client = GeyserGrpcClient::connect_with_timeout(
+            config.endpoint,
+            config.x_token,
+            None,
+            Some(Duration::from_secs(10)),
+            Some(Duration::from_secs(5)),
+            false,
+        )
+        .await?;
+        let mut geyser = client.subscribe_once2(config.request.to_proto()).await?;
 
         // Receive-send loop
         let mut send_tasks = JoinSet::new();